20th Century History

A true story of the frustrations, personal sacrifices and too often the extreme risks that the aircrews took while flying in support of the ground offensives. After twenty years of...

A white-knuckle account of the 1st Infantry Division s harrowing D-Day assault on the eastern sector of Omaha Beach acclaimed historian John C. McManus has written a gripping history that...

The Heart of Hell is the untold story of the crew of Landing Craft Infantry 449. Based on 130 exclusive interviews with sailors who survived the battle, the families of...

The aeroscouts of the 1st Infantry Division have three words emblazoned on their unit patch: Low Level Hell. It was the perfect concise definition of what those intrepid aviators experienced...

During World War I, German U-boats had been the most effective naval weapon against the Allies and without America's entry into the war in 1917 Britain would have been starved...

The men and women of the 'Y' (for Wireless') Service were sent out across the world to run listening stations from Gibraltar to Cairo, intercepting the German military's encrypted messages...

For the 80th anniversary, the first popular account of the most daring British raid of WW2 In the darkest months of the WW2, Churchill approved what seemed to many like...

At the height of the Cold War, America's most elite aviators bravely volunteered for a covert program aimed at eliminating an impossible new threat. Half never returned. All became legends....

This corrected, revised, and expanded edition includes significant additional material. Every soldier is shown on a full page, front and back with numerous detail shots of head gear, equipment etc....

Eight million Soviet soldiers died on the Eastern Front between 1941 and 1945. However, their history, uniforms and day-to-day plight still remain mostly undocumented. Many misconceptions prevail, most of them...

In the early summer of 1942, following the German defeat at Stalingrad and the inconclusive battle at Kharkov, Hitler sought a decisive battle that would turn the struggle on the...

The first year of the Korean War was a tumultuous series of epic battles, ending in a legendary and harrowing retreat. In the summer of 1950, British and Australian troops...

This new history of China's pivotal wars from 1894 to 1949 explains how China was transformed from a isolated and ramshackle medieval empire into a fledgling new world power. China...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph in Europe during World War II It is the twentieth century's unrivaled...

A historic alliance between nations at war determined to defeat the Axis armies was more a facade than it was a meeting of the minds. Behind the solidarity lay raging...

The book titled Sandakan - the Last March: The Last March by the author Don Wall. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The Battle of Midway is traditionally held as the point when Allied forces gained advantage over the Japanese. In Islands of Destiny, acclaimed historian and military intelligence expert John Prados...

September Hope conveys the American perspective like never before, through a vast array of new sources and countless personal interviews to create a truly revealing portrait of this searing human...

In November 1944, the U.S. Navy fleet lay at anchor in Ulithi Harbor, deep in the Pacific Ocean, when the oiler USS" Mississinewa" erupted in a ball of flames. Japan...

They were frequently not just on the front line, but right at the sharp end of the action. They were the legendary sappers, the army engineers, who were literally everywhere...

The book titled Personal Diary of Admiral the Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1943-46 by the author Earl Louis Mountbatten Mountbatten of Burma. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for...

'The extraordinary story of one of the most audacious escape attempts of the Second World War' Dan Snow In Northern Poland in 1940, at the Nazi war camp Stalag XX-A,...

The Vietnam conflict was an event that bitterly divided Australian society. While many people supported the government's military response to the perceived threat posed by expasionist communism, many others violently...

This book is intended for students of military history and of Commonwealth history.

When the Scorpion Stings is the official history of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment in South Vietnam, 1965-72. The Regiment was the first unit involved in the establishment of the Australian...

Pocket manual detailing the training and operations of the British pilots, ground crew and anti-aircraft gunners. In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone. For three long months, brave young...

More than 300 F-105 Thunderchief figher-bombers were lost in the "Rolling Thunder" campaign in North Vietnam because the Air Force brought the wrong strategy, disastrous tactics, and an ill-suited aircraft....

The book titled Expose: A History of Searchlights in World War II by the author Noel Hill. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

'My name is Patrick John Duggan and I was - am - a soldier.' So begins the story of Pat Duggan's life in the Army, and service in the Vietnam...

One of our most acclaimed historians explores the decorated military service of one of America's most intriguing politicians--the leading Democratic presidential candidate for 2004--and its profound effects on his career...

Written by the author of "The Holocaust", this is a history of the events of 8 May 1945 and its repercussions, published to coincide with the 50th anniversary celebrations of...

'A fascinating, superbly researched and revelatory book - told with tremendous pace and excitement' William Boyd 'Rick Stroud writes brilliantly about war ... an astonishing book ... a wonderful story'...

Vietnam is an ancient and beautiful land, with a deep history of occupational conflict that remains an enigma in Americans' collective memory. It is still easy to forget that Vietnam...

This inspiring book examines the often incredible and nearly always tragic examples of Jewish resistance in ghettos and concentration camps during the Nazis 'Final Solution'. It shows that the Warsaw...

Kim Phuc was nine years old in 1972. Severely burned by napalm, she ran from her burning village and was captured on film. Denise Chong relates Kim's experience and recovery...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From Martin Dugard, the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Killing series with Bill O'Reilly, comes the spellbinding story of the Allied liberation of Paris...

The book titled The Attack on Pearl Harbor: An Illustrated History by the author Larry Kimmett. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

One of the most remarkable stories in the history of Special Forces' operations - Daily Express In the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, wartime leader...

Packed with more than 700 photographs, many seen in print for the first time, this title tells the story of conflicts around the globe from, and including, World War One.

The book titled Historical Fact-World War11o/P by the author Amanda Oneil. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A complete account of the British maritime contribution to victory in World War II. For four centuries the British realm depended upon sea power to defend its interest and independence...

With Britain braced for a German invasion, MI5 recruited an ex RNAS officer, come confidence trickster, called Walter Dicketts as a double agent. Codenamed Celery, Dicketts was sent to Lisbon...

This seminal text by renowned Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe, discusses one of the most significant periods in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Based on archival material, it presents the reader with a...

The name TIME-LIFE has become synonymous with providing readers with a deeper understanding of subjects and world events that matter to us all. Now, as the U.S. commemorates the 70th...

This history, based on an exhaustive study of German records, explores The Battle of Britain through the eyes of the Luftwaffe. Over the past 80 years, histories of the Battle...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'A rigorous and thoughtful study of what has happened on battlefields over the past eight decades' THE TIMES 'A hugely important book ... elegantly written and persuasively...